The Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) of the Geophysical Institute (GI) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, downlinks, archives, and distributes satellite data
Fairbanks, AK
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🚨 Now available: #NISAR L-band data are publicly available through ASF DAAC! The initial release includes observations acquired on or after June 17, 2026, with additional data added as processing continues.
Learn More: bit.ly/4bCozO4
#EarthObservation #SAR #NASA #ISRO
🛰️ New NISAR L-band data products are now available via ASF DAAC!
This second release since launch (July 2025) expands global coverage for time-series analysis and workflow development.
Learn more: nisar-docs.asf.alaska.edu/av…
Access via Vertex & Earthdata Search.
#NISAR #SAR #ASF
🚀 NASA releases ROSES call for the NISAR DART team!
Dual-frequency SAR data will power new science & applications in hazards, ecosystems, cryosphere & more.
Step-1: Mar 13, 2026
Step-2: May 14, 2026
Data will be available through ASF.
nspires.nasaprs.com/external…
ASF’s Joe Kennedy will be speaking at the January 2026 #ESIP Meeting during Bridging the Cloud Divide – Part 1
focusing on cloud best practices for Earth science data.
2026januaryesipmeeting.sched…
#AlaskaSatelliteFacility #SAR #EarthScience #CloudComputing #DataInfrastructure
Looking for an indoor activity to do on these cold days of 2025? Go to the University of Alaska Museum of the North and check out the ASF exhibit and learn how our data are used by the science community. Only a few more days to see this exhibit before it comes down!
ASF will be closed Nov 27-28 for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Support resumes Monday. Enjoy the holiday! 🦃
🚀 New data alert! The Alaska Satellite Facility + Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has made the OPERA RTC-S1 terrain-corrected backscatter products available in NASA Worldview. See Earth in more detail than ever. 🌍
asf.alaska.edu/notices/opera…
🚀 New in Vertex: ARIA-S1-GUNW On Demand is here! Generate high-quality, geocoded interferograms for any area or time pairing. New custom products will be added to the archive and made available to all users!
🔗 hyp3-docs.asf.alaska.edu/gui…
#ASFDAAC #InSAR #SyntheticApertureRadar
Development and integration of ARIA-S1-GUNW On Demand were supported by NASA’s ACCESS-19 program and the Cloud-Based InSAR grant, which advances the delivery of scalable, cloud-based processing solutions for Earth observation data.
🚀 Exciting news—NISAR is set to launch later this month!!
Launch date secured! 🌎
@NASA and @isro are targeting no earlier than July 30 for the launch of NISAR, a powerful new mission to observe Earth's changing surfaces.
Learn more science.nasa.gov/blogs/nisar
ALT The NISAR satellite stands vertically inside a clean room at an Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) facility, partially encapsulated between two halves of a rocket fairing. The fairing is open on both sides, with reflective thermal panels visible on the interior. Technicians and equipment surround the spacecraft in preparation for launch.
🚨 Apply to the URSSI Summer School in Open Science & Research Software Engineering, Aug 11–15 @UAFairbanks!
Travel support may be available. Apps due June 29:
🔗 urssi.us/blog/2025/06/03/app…
🌎Learn how to access & use NASA's OPERA DISP dataset via the ASF DAAC Displacement Portal! 📡
🌍 Perfect for researchers, emergency managers & remote sensing pros.
🔗 Register: earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/web…
#NASA #EarthData #ASF #RemoteSensing #OPERA #SAR #InSAR #Webinar
🔬 Join us at the Arctic Research Open House in the Elvey Globe Room to learn how researchers around the 🌎 use SAR data to study the Arctic. Fun for all ages!
📍 Elvey Globe Room, UAF
🗓 May 15, 4 PM - 7 PM
#ArcticResearch #SAR #UAF #RemoteSensing
🌍 New Exhibit Alert!
Observing Our Dynamic Planet opens May 24 at @uafmuseum.
Explore how @ASF_SAR uses satellite radar to monitor glaciers, earthquakes, and more—right here in Alaska and around the world.
📍 Fairbanks, AK | #SAR #AlaskaScience #RemoteSensing
✏️ Register now ✏️ : 3-Course Professional Certificate on Geospatial Science
In three courses, the program covers the fundamentals of remote sensing & GIS, and discusses their applications to the Arctic Domain.
💻 Register at: lnkd.in/gn34NM-G
#SAR #INSAR #GIS
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ASF's Tony Hayba and Jackie Smale are heading to the Alaska Geosummit this week! Jackie will be presenting on April 9th at 11:45 AM on "Get Ready for NISAR: Using NISAR Data in GIS" during the Beyond Observing: Understanding the Earth from Space session.🌎🌐#GeoSummit #NISAR #GIS
Exciting news! 🎉 ASF, USGS, and AVO are teaming up to expand VolcSARvatory across the U.S. 🌋🔭 Proud to be part of this NASA Disasters Program project! shorturl.at/I103j #VolcanoScience #NASA #VolcSARvatory #DisasterResponse
🚀Heidi Kristenson will be presenting at the Esri FedGIS Conference this coming week! See the info below!
#FedGIS2025 #GoldenAgeOfSAR
